Windows wont start when using sata III

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I have an Asus P8z77-v LK mobo using a OCZ vertex 4 128gb SSD. Everything worked fine until today when i try to start my computer it gets stuck on the starting windows screen. so i make sure everything is plugged in and restart and go in to the bios and my SSD and Disk drive arent being recognized. so i mess with it a bit and try using my ssd on sata II and it gets recognized and boots instantly. i did a CMOS reset and now they're being recognized using sata III again but it still wont go past the starting windows screen, the screen doesnt freeze or anything. it just doesnt continue to boot up
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 home premium x64
CPU
i5 3570k
Motherboard
Asus p8z77-v lk
Memory
Patriot g2 8gb
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon r9 270
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus ve249h
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Ocz vertex 4 120gb ssd
WD caviar blue 1tb
PSU
Thermaltake 500w
Case
Nzxt Phantom
Cooling
Hyper 212 evo
Keyboard
Logitech g110
Mouse
Razer Naga
Internet Speed
50 down 5 up
Is the BIOS set for AHCI or SATA mode? If the setting in the BIOS doesn't match what it was when Windows was installed on the drive, it will do as you have described.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Intel DZ77GA-70K
OS
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 4.7GHz (Overclocked)
Motherboard
Intel Corporation DZ77GA-70K, 0066 BIOS version
Memory
32 GB 12800 DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Sport
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 SC x 2 (SLI) by EVGA
Sound Card
(1) Bluetooth Hands-free Audio (2) NVIDIA High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays
LG 27" HDMI
Screen Resolution
12920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60Hz
Hard Drives
Intel 120GB SSD (ATA INTEL SSDSC2CT12 SCSI Disk Device)
Western Digital Caviar Black 64M cache 2TB 7200rpm (ATA WDC WD2002FAEX-0 SCSI Disk Device), 3 x WD 150Gb 10k Velociraptor hard drives in RAID 0 (testing)
PSU
Corsair 750w fully modular
Case
Corsair 650D with perforated side panel
Cooling
3 200mm case fans, Intel liquid cooling for CPU w 120mm fans
Keyboard
Logitech backlit
Mouse
Dell
Internet Speed
11Mbps DSL
Antivirus
Windows Defender, MalWareBytes Pro and CCleaner Pro
Browser
Chrome, IE and FireFox (latest versions)
Other Info
Windows Home Server 2011 with 10 clients at home
It has always been set to AHCI, i never changed it. The drive worked perfect for 2 months then recently started doing this. I switched it to IDE to test it real quick but it just BSOD'd so i switched it back.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 home premium x64
CPU
i5 3570k
Motherboard
Asus p8z77-v lk
Memory
Patriot g2 8gb
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon r9 270
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus ve249h
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Ocz vertex 4 120gb ssd
WD caviar blue 1tb
PSU
Thermaltake 500w
Case
Nzxt Phantom
Cooling
Hyper 212 evo
Keyboard
Logitech g110
Mouse
Razer Naga
Internet Speed
50 down 5 up
Can you boot from another disk and then run diagnostics on this drive?
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Intel DZ77GA-70K
OS
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 4.7GHz (Overclocked)
Motherboard
Intel Corporation DZ77GA-70K, 0066 BIOS version
Memory
32 GB 12800 DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Sport
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 SC x 2 (SLI) by EVGA
Sound Card
(1) Bluetooth Hands-free Audio (2) NVIDIA High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays
LG 27" HDMI
Screen Resolution
12920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60Hz
Hard Drives
Intel 120GB SSD (ATA INTEL SSDSC2CT12 SCSI Disk Device)
Western Digital Caviar Black 64M cache 2TB 7200rpm (ATA WDC WD2002FAEX-0 SCSI Disk Device), 3 x WD 150Gb 10k Velociraptor hard drives in RAID 0 (testing)
PSU
Corsair 750w fully modular
Case
Corsair 650D with perforated side panel
Cooling
3 200mm case fans, Intel liquid cooling for CPU w 120mm fans
Keyboard
Logitech backlit
Mouse
Dell
Internet Speed
11Mbps DSL
Antivirus
Windows Defender, MalWareBytes Pro and CCleaner Pro
Browser
Chrome, IE and FireFox (latest versions)
Other Info
Windows Home Server 2011 with 10 clients at home
HD tune pro shows it working fine.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 home premium x64
CPU
i5 3570k
Motherboard
Asus p8z77-v lk
Memory
Patriot g2 8gb
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon r9 270
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus ve249h
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Ocz vertex 4 120gb ssd
WD caviar blue 1tb
PSU
Thermaltake 500w
Case
Nzxt Phantom
Cooling
Hyper 212 evo
Keyboard
Logitech g110
Mouse
Razer Naga
Internet Speed
50 down 5 up
That's got me stumped...
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Intel DZ77GA-70K
OS
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 4.7GHz (Overclocked)
Motherboard
Intel Corporation DZ77GA-70K, 0066 BIOS version
Memory
32 GB 12800 DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Sport
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 SC x 2 (SLI) by EVGA
Sound Card
(1) Bluetooth Hands-free Audio (2) NVIDIA High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays
LG 27" HDMI
Screen Resolution
12920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60Hz
Hard Drives
Intel 120GB SSD (ATA INTEL SSDSC2CT12 SCSI Disk Device)
Western Digital Caviar Black 64M cache 2TB 7200rpm (ATA WDC WD2002FAEX-0 SCSI Disk Device), 3 x WD 150Gb 10k Velociraptor hard drives in RAID 0 (testing)
PSU
Corsair 750w fully modular
Case
Corsair 650D with perforated side panel
Cooling
3 200mm case fans, Intel liquid cooling for CPU w 120mm fans
Keyboard
Logitech backlit
Mouse
Dell
Internet Speed
11Mbps DSL
Antivirus
Windows Defender, MalWareBytes Pro and CCleaner Pro
Browser
Chrome, IE and FireFox (latest versions)
Other Info
Windows Home Server 2011 with 10 clients at home
You and me both.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 home premium x64
CPU
i5 3570k
Motherboard
Asus p8z77-v lk
Memory
Patriot g2 8gb
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon r9 270
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus ve249h
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Ocz vertex 4 120gb ssd
WD caviar blue 1tb
PSU
Thermaltake 500w
Case
Nzxt Phantom
Cooling
Hyper 212 evo
Keyboard
Logitech g110
Mouse
Razer Naga
Internet Speed
50 down 5 up
Might you have changed the physical port into which you plugged the SSD? On my Asus board, I couldn't boot until I figured out that each drive had to be plugged into the SAME sata port as it was the last time the bios was happy.

I found this out by deduction, running Win 7 repair and then all would be ok. Windows was finding the boot disk and "connecting" it to the sata port the bios thought it was in.

Madeline
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Desktop made to order - Asus P6x58D Premium
OS
Win 7 64 Prof
CPU
i7 930
Motherboard
Asus P6x58D Premium
Memory
24 gig 1333
Graphics Card(s)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6850
Sound Card
Creative
Monitor(s) Displays
NEC Multisync P241W
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1200
Hard Drives
2 WD 1tb each black caviar
1 WD black caviar 2tb
1 Plextor SSD SATA 6 256 gig
1 Intel generation 2 SSD 160 gig
PSU
i7 930
Case
Antec 183 (?)
Cooling
Zalman fan and heat pipe
Keyboard
Goldtouch
Mouse
Logitech G 700 used wirelessly
Internet Speed
19.6 Mbps up and 2.00 Mbps down
Other Info
5 usb 3 hard drives used for backup. Until recently also backed up with Crashplan but discovered it was the cause of endless VSS errors and open programs stopping responding. HP Laserjet and large Epson inkjet for photography. Very old Epson Scanner. Cyberpower UPS.
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